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Resembling or characteristic of chess; complex; requiring careful forethought and planning..
Since games are locked in from two to four years in advance, there's a definite chess-match aspect to the scheduling. Pollsters study these chesslike moves, to give weight to a school's football program.
Still, most Newporters were mesmerized by the boats and their chesslike maneuvers. Smooth sailing was rarely a part of any America's Cup race. The boats spent most of their time locked in a complex dance that involved constant blocking[…]
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Chesslike means Resembling or characteristic of chess; complex; requiring careful forethought and planning..
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Since games are locked in from two to four years in advance, there's a definite chess-match aspect to the scheduling. Pollsters study these chesslike moves, to give weight to a school's football program.
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